Ischnodemus quadratus Fieber, 1837
(a cinchbug)

Interactions where Ischnodemus quadratus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult sucks sap of Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Ischnodemus quadratus/Ischnodemus quadratusa cinchbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.
nymph nymph sucks sap of Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Ischnodemus quadratus/Ischnodemus quadratusa cinchbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Ischnodemus quadratus (a cinchbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ischnodemus quadratus (a cinchbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIschnodemus quadratus (a cinchbug)
FamilyLYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ischnodemus quadratus (a cinchbug)

Ischnodemus quadratus (a cinchbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ischnodemus quadratus (a cinchbug):

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